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The recent arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant demonstrates the moral necessity of divesting from Israeli goods, placing economic sanctions against Israel, and terminating diplomatic ties with the state of Israel.
While the Workers Party GB welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement that the United Kingdom will comply with and enforce the ICC's arrest warrant against war criminals Netanyahu and Gallant, and has submitted a motion to the House of Commons urging the house to affirm their culpability in war crimes and crimes against humanity, it is clear that the government must go further.
The Workers Party GB is the only political party in Britain that supports the BDS movement. This means boycotting and divesting from Israeli goods and placing economic sanctions against the state of Israel, similar to those placed against apartheid South Africa.
While Israel has always enforced a system of racial apartheid by degrading Palestinian citizens, occupying and colonising Palestinian lands, and subjugating the Palestinian people, the ICC's recent ruling makes it clear that Israel's leaders are doing much worse than these already profound moral evils.
Following the October 7 attacks, the ICC found reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli leaders have deprived the civilian population of Gaza of food, water, and medicine, placed undue restrictions on humanitarian aid, and are thus guilty of the war crime of starvation as a method of war. The ICC has also found that Netanyahu and Gallant bear criminal responsibility for intentionally directing attacks against Gaza's civilian population.
The policy of the state of Israel is to direct war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide against the Palestinian people. While we commend the Prime Minister for promising to enforce the ICC's arrest warrant, this is the bare minimum her and her government should be doing to stop the genocide in Gaza. The United Kingdom has a responsibility to act to stop genocide and slaughter against Palestinians, and the Labour government must act now.
Quotes attributable to alisonhearts, Workers Party GB leader
"Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant are war criminals, and they should be brought to justice as soon as possible. I am glad that the Prime Minister has recognised this, and I hope the House will also."
"We must take action to place serious diplomatic and economic pressure on the state of Israel for its acts of genocide, destruction, and crimes against humanity. We should not allow its leaders to go unpunished and we should not continue diplomatic ties with a nation that engages in war crimes and genocide."
"It was a Labour government that enforced appeasement against Nazi Germany, which of course would go on to commit the most horrific genocide the world has ever seen. As Israel commits genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Gaza, will Inadorable and her Labour government stay silent and refuse to enforce any punishment against this rogue, genocidal state?"
The United Kingdom has been made aware of new arrest warrants being issued against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri. As the United Kingdom is a member of the International Criminal Court and signatory to the treaties establishing it, as well as those establishing the boundaries of international law, we find ourselves legally, diplomatically and above all morally required to to enable any criminal proceedings against these people, including carrying out their arrests if they set foot in the United Kingdom. The decision by the ICC is binding, and the United Kingdom will continue to uphold and enforce international law.
National Press Polling: 13th of November
Below are the IPO readership and credibility figures since the last polling cycle. I'll say that the swing for this polling cycle was quite extreme, as some press outlets didn't produce any content during this cycle (despite having ample opportunity) and others took advantage by writing some excellent press.
Newspaper | Readership | Credibility |
---|---|---|
The Independent | 12,181 | 70% |
The Times | 9772 | 70% |
The Telegraph | 479 | 55% |
Daily Mail | 430 | 50% |
The Sun | 411 | 45% |
Notes:
Where is the Chancellor?
The sitting member of parliament u/Oracle_of_Mercia has announced that he does not seek to stand again in the upcoming general election
In recent weeks Oracle has come under fire for his decision to join the Worker's Party GB after being elected as an independent member of parliament, Oracle said in a simple but brief statement.
"it's clear I have betrayed the trust of the electorate in the West Midlands by joining a political party and therefore it is only right that I stand down and allow the voters of the West Midlands a new option to represent them in new parliament that is quickly upcoming".
We will bring you more as this story develops
The election of a geriatric rapist on a platform of explicit racism and mass deportation as the so-called "leader of the Free World" makes clear the face of US imperialism like nothing else. It is clear that the United States of America has never been a moral global power nor a force for good, but the win of Donald Trump for a second non-consecutive term makes it clear.
To all those in the United States' working class, the Workers Party GB sends our strongest solidarity and support. While both major candidates supported inflicting stunning violence on the global poor, the election of Trump and a Republican Senate majority will mean an explicitly fascist and misogynist agenda for the US. The rights of women to control their own bodies will be attacked, mass suffering will be inflicted on millions of undocumented immigrants, and best-practice medical care for transgender US residents will be placed under severe restrictions. A sustained mass people's movement will be necessary if the worst excesses of the Republican Party are to be stopped.
But let us not delude ourselves into thinking Donald Trump is some aberration. In terms of what he will do for the USA, perhaps he is. But even then, that is only a shadow of the violence the US military-industrial complex inflicts globally. This can be most clearly seen in Palestine. In a just world, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and Kamala Harris would be in the docks of the Hague alongside Netanyahu, Gallant, and Ben-Gvir for their unqualified support for Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Occupation Force terrorists have slaughtered Palestinian civilians with USian weapons.
The United Kingdom must take this opportunity to make a profound break from United States foreign policy. The "special relationship" with the USA must end. We must launch an urgent review of our status within NATO, and end our involvement in foreign conflicts where we are perpetuating imperialism and exacerbating global suffering.
Most importantly, we must offer our full support to the Palestinian people and the BDS movement. This means cutting off all diplomatic ties with the state of Israel, placing military and economic sanctions on Israel, and immediate compliance with all ICC arrest warrants placed against Israeli leaders. If the United States continues its support for Israel, and props up Netanyahu's genocide with US guns, they too must be diplomatically punished by the United Kingdom.
No truly moral foreign policy could ever be led by cooperation and close ties with the United States of America. The election of Donald Trump for a second time simply makes that more obvious than it was before. The government must promise a tough line on Trump's fascist policies, and not continue with business as usual. The British people will not stand for atrocities being committed with our support.
Quotes attributable to alisonhearts, Workers Party GB leader
"It's time to take an honest look at the special relationship. Does it really serve British interests in the face of a United States president elected on the explicit platform of cruelty and violence?"
"The Workers Party GB will always stand in solidarity with the global working class. While the United States has inflicted its fair share of violence on others, we must stand with the US' working class also as it faces unprecedented threats against the rights of women and migrants."
"We must end our support for the criminal regime of the state of Israel. It's time for sanctions against Israel, a ban on British weapons being sent to Gaza, and real action on the international stage to end Palestinian genocide."
In a stunning abdication of responsibility, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government -- Labour MP for Surrey Heath JellyCow99 -- has failed to answer a single question posed to them in the most recent Ministers' Questions, including three vital questions from Workers Party representatives.
The government's agenda on housing has been woefully insufficient, with homelessness still running rampant and too many British people being subject to the whims of whatever their landlord demands. Rough sleeping must end, more public housing must be provided, and homelessness must be a thing of the past -- that is what the Workers Party GB believes, and we are pushing the government to act.
But it appears the Secretary holds the people they are supposed to represent in such contempt that they will not answer the questions posed to them by their fellow representatives and members of the public. It is not good enough. The Secretary should apologise and deliver answers to the following questions from Workers Party GB representatives:
Can the Secretary of State please outline their plans to reform the planning system and how we can improve the build qualities of new housing so young people can live in communities that are beautiful and aesthetically pleasing?
Would the Secretary agree that housing should be considered a human right for all and that no-one, least of all any child, should be sleeping rough in the streets?
Would the Secretary agree that there is an urgent need to build more homes that are not merely "affordable" for working families, but which are directly supplied by the government to tackle homelessness at the root?
If the Secretary cannot fulfil even the basic requirements of their role, the Prime Minister must show some backbone and sack them immediately.
Quotes attributable to alisonhearts, Workers Party GB leader
"It is just unacceptable that in a time of housing crisis and rough sleeping that the government's Secretary for Housing is asleep at the wheel."
"The British people don't just deserve answers, they deserve action. The Workers Party GB will act to end the scourge of rough sleeping and embark on an ambitious agenda to build new housing projects that are not simply affordable, but publicly owned and run."
"JellyCow99 owes the British people a response. They should apologise immediately and provide answers to these crucial questions."
While the recent announcement by the government of a rapid phasing out of diesel cars may seem encouraging at first, there are major flaws at play if the government's electric vehicle-privileging approach is allowed to continue.
Given the risks of pollution, it is clear that we must move away from vehicles that emit carbon dioxide. But electric vehicles are no panacea. They still contribute to congestion, are environmentally destructive to produce -- especially when reliant on lithium-ion batteries from the global south -- and most crucially, still create a significant amount of wear and tear on our roads.
As the fuel duty will no doubt decrease as petrol vehicles do, the supposedly progressive government risks creating a massive hole in the budget. The RAC Foundation estimates that even in a best-case scenario, fuel income duties are likely to decline by £5 billion a year by 2033. This will mean less money to maintain the roads that motorists use, but more crucially, less money to spend on the vital priorities that matter to our working people, such as strengthening our NHS and getting people off the streets with new social housing projects.
This may be a proposal that is all well and good to most of the haute bourgeoisie voters who currently own electric vehicles -- clearly this government's core constituency -- and who will thus be the beneficiaries of a massive, undeserved tax cut, but the Workers Party GB considers it unacceptable. Any self-respecting climate strategy must acknowledge that electric vehicles are not a fix-all, and should not be given special treatment over petrol vehicles.
The move to charge EVs vehicle tax in 2025 is encouraging. But the government must go further and stop the massive fiscal hole they risk opening. The Workers Party GB believes that charges should be levied on electric vehicles on a per-mile basis, similar to the current fuel tax model for petrol drivers.
It is reasonable that the purchase of electric vehicles should be incentivised in comparison to diesel vehicles. But on current policies, the government's proposal for increasing EV uptake will result in massive cuts to government revenue and funding shortfalls for vital government services. This is something that the Workers Party GB will never support.
Quotes attributable to alisonhearts, Workers Party GB leader
"Our proposed per-mile charge for electric vehicle drivers is a sensible change that will increase income for Treasury. The government should get behind it immediately."
"Dwindling fuel income revenue will create a massive funding shortfall. The government must be frank with the people about how they plan to recover this money, or what public services they will cut to compensate."
"If nothing is changed, the uptake in electric vehicles this government proposes will effectively result in a massive tax dodge for Britain's wealthiest."
Rugby has been betrayed. Oracle, the newly elected MP for Rugby has turned coat and joined the Worker's Party of Great Britain- an ugly offshoot born from the mind of uglier persons.
I cannot overstate my utter disappointment with him.
He campaigned- no- won on a promise of independence to his electorate. Then, without consultation, turned on that promise and joined a party. I campaigned against politicians like him, those who would say one thing and do another: liars.
To make matters worse, he is the only MP for this party now. The only voice that party has to push their agenda. No longer is he the mouth for those wanting a voice in parliament; he has become a mouthpiece for his party's views and manifesto commitments. A bitter pill for his constituents to swallow.
And he has the gall to call out the Prime Minister on her mistaking his party. The Prime Minster has enough on her plate without worrying about petty backbenchers who are little more than a road bump for the government's plans. The people of the United Kingdom deserve a better class of opposition politicians than him. Politicians with real backbone who can proudly stand their ground, plant their flag, and declare their positions with their chest.
I strongly urge the people of Rugby to recall their turncoat. Show that truth and principles ought to matter in politics.
There can be no grander betrayal.
Recently the Prime Minister Inadorable has responded to my article yet she says I'm an independent member of Parliament?
I'm sorry Prime Minister but I have recently joined the Worker's Party GB, has she really not been paying attention to what has been happening in the house for the last week and half for her to forget ?.
What does this say about her ability to make decisions on behalf of the public, is she competent enough to be Prime Minister ?
And why is accusing you of colluding with Just Stop Oil dangerous Prime Minister? Is it because you don't want the public to find out that most of your MPs proudly support their aims and goals over their constituents they are expected to represent?.
The Public deserves truth and transparency in their politics not 4-5 parties behind closed doors making a decision to block a potential challenger to government because you disagree with their views which in return creates an echo chamber in government and no I will not withdraw my claims because we both know it to be true even one of your coalition members have spoken out against your own policies.
Talks between the Government and British Steel Limited, as well as the separate talks with Tata Steel UK Limited, have ended with the government agreeing to purchase both entities for a total of £1.63 billion.
Of this, £1 billion is spent on purchasing the sites owned by Tata Steel UK Limited, including the Port Talbot and Newport Steelworks, and £630 million is spent on British Steel Limited, which owns the Scunthorpe Steelworks.
Both entities are set to be merged under the British Steel Limited name, returning Britain's steel industry to nationalised ownership.
The Prime Minister, who was involved in both deals, commented the following:
With the nationalisation of these companies, we are protecting vital jobs in our manufacturing industry. We are currently in talks with the management of the now nationalised Tata Steel UK to maintain the operations of the blast furnace set to be closed at Port Talbot and protect these jobs, whilst preparing a statement to the House including critical investments into our steel industry with an eye to decarbonise it without seeing a loss of jobs.
Steel has long been at the heart of Britain's industry, and will remain so even as we decarbonise our economy. We need green steel for so many aspects of construction, from the screws and bolts holding our country together to the most impressive engineering works across the United Kingdom. These works must be able to go on without Britain's strategic autonomy being threatened by foreign powers, and that means maintaining and expanding our domestic steel industry. This is the first step towards ensuring our industry can start to recover.
A statement to the House of Commons including the investment plans will be introduced shortly.
One of the two independent members for the West Midlands, /u/Oracle_of_Mercia, recently published an article in which he declared that there have been fifteen days of terror in the United Kingdom, caused by Just Stop Oil, and that 'enough is enough'. There are a range of accusations which are, in my view, absurd and entirely out of context, but the claims surrounding the blockade in Southampton move from being an issue of interpretation to objectively being misinformation. The blockade in Southampton has ended. The government worked with the police to make sure that it came to a quick end, and we have achieved just that. The conspiracy theory that this government would be in any way in league with Just Stop Oil, or enabling them, is false and libelous in the context of the member's own view of JSO as a terrorist organisation. I kindly request that they withdraw these false statements, correct the record, and apologise.
Indeed, the accusation that we would be appeasing them is dangerous. Considering JSO's goal is reducing carbon emissions, any scheme which would reduce carbon emissions could be framed as such, which is absurd as this government's own stated goals is achieving carbon neutrality by 2040. We've had these goals separate from the actions of Just Stop Oil: indeed, our statement that they should 'accept their victory' was in relation to the fact that there already existed plans to decarbonise by 2040!
The second main thrust of the article, couched in the idea that we are appeasing JSO, is that this government would be destroying the British automotive industry. This seems to be based on false assumptions of a fully autarkic economy -- which the United Kingdom is not -- and that a short, lobbying statement from the EU specifically meant to delay progress can be applied directly to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom was explicitly considered as a part of Europe in this, with the stated job losses being across the EU, United Kingdom and EFTA. The 200,000 jobs being lost in the United Kingdom alone, then, isn't the actual number. Indeed, the difference is a rather small one with the existing regulations, which already mandated that 70% of vans and 80% of cars would be electric by 2030. The marginal changes would be minimal, and this government is working with manufacturers to ensure that the transition can be made without job losses and will, if necessary, make the vital investments needed to avoid them.
The Workers Party GB is pleased to announce that we will be returning to the House of Commons. Independent MP for Rugby Oracle_of_Mercia has made the decision to join the party, and will become our first MP since the mysterious disappearance of Rochdale MP George Galloway.
Oracle_of_Mercia won a hard-fought by-election campaign as an independent community representative, unaffiliated from the corrupt major party establishment advocating for the issues that matter to voters, including a strong platform on law-and-order, energy, and the farming industry of the West Midlands.
Oracle_of_Mercia stands for the principles that the Workers Party has always fought for, including a strong commitment to anti-imperialism, a dedication to fighting for the working class of Great Britain, and a patriotic dedication to this great nation.
As a Workers Party MP, Oracle_of_Mercia will take the party whip, and will be involved in formulating future party policy, including for the next general election in which the Workers Party will present a full slate of candidates. The Workers Party GB looks forward to holding the coalition government to account now both inside and outside of Parliament, and working towards a Great Britain that treats our working people with the dignity and respect they deserve.
Quotes attributable to alisonhearts, Workers Party GB leader
"The Workers Party is back in Parliament! I'm so pleased that Oracle_of_Mercia has made the decision to join the party, and I'm looking forward to working alongside our new MP to hold the government accountable."
"I'm looking forward to working with Oracle_of_Mercia in Parliament to ensure that the issues that matter to Rugby voters are properly advocated for, and that an alternate, principled anti-capitalist viewpoint is represented in the House of Commons."
"The Workers Party GB is the only party that offers a true alternative to the corrupt, imperialist major parties who only care to represent the interests of a small few in the corporate sector. We are a true voice for workers in this country."
Quotes attributable to Oracle_of_Mercia, Workers Party GB MP for Rugby
"Many of you are wondering why I've joined a Political Party after being an independent MP, and the simple answer to that is extra resources, the LibLabCon make it extremely difficult to be a true and honest independent in the House of Commons."
"I've had to fight tooth and nail to get even simple legislation passed. You've seen this time and time again -- from legalization of assisted dying for those with terminal illnesses, and my loot box regulation bill to stop video game companies and their crony investors preying on young kids and true gamers."
"I promised during the campaign that I would make the West Midlands the best place in the country for young people, and I truly believe that my pledge to achieve this for us can be best met by joining the Workers Party -- a true patriotic, anti-globalist, anti-imperialist working class movement."
"It realizes that we have lost a sense of pride in our working classes and that pride once helped regulate our communities into being the best they can be. We have to find that spirit again because Community Matters."